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Curriculum Updates Summer Curriculum Work

This update highlights the recent changes and improvements in the curriculum, including the addition of a health block, changes in the schedule for social studies and science, cohesive experience for teachers, report card changes, implementation needs for math, resources for teachers and parents, Title I program interventions, and digital literacy skills for 21st-century learners.

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Curriculum Updates Summer Curriculum Work

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  1. Curriculum UpdatesSummer Curriculum Work October 2, 2012 Joyce A. Mundy, Assistant Superintendent Tracy Jenkins, Health/PE CRT Keith Bellinger, Social Studies CRT Jessica White, Science and Math CRT Cheryl Lyman, Digital Literacy CRT

  2. Health and Physical EducationK-5 • Prepare curriculum framework for the K-5 newly added health block. • Topics for each grade level identified: • Added strands on healthy relationships, human development, nutrition, and exercise, • Materials selected for review by teachers- will be brought for approval on October 22

  3. Social Studies and Science • Utilization of time for instruction was the focus- • New schedule: 45 minutes daily for science or social studies and no need to pull from that time. • Former schedule: • 30 minutes daily for one of these- not both. • Fragmented and often used to make up for other core subjects. • If time was needed to make up for other subjects, it came from here. • If students needed pull out, this time was used.

  4. Cohesive Experience • Rather than having these rotate every other day or be inconsistent, teachers met and decided: • Science: Marking Periods 1 and 2 • Can keep set up for labs and overlap units as needed. • Social Studies: Marking Periods 3 and 4 • Incorporate social studies topics and current events in literacy block during first two marking periods.

  5. Report Card Change • Marking Periods 1 and 2 will only have a grade for Science • Marking Periods 3 and 4 will only have a grade for Social Studies • CRT’s will evaluate this during the year as part of curriculum audit and make recommendations at ongoing meetings during the year.

  6. Every Day Math: Implementation Needs • Last year from September to May: • Ongoing work to train CRT’s in online planner, assessment development, pacing and differentiation. • Recommendation for increased math time • Need for common assessments and grading practices • CRT teachers did ‘turn-around’ training for their grade levels on November and Spring professional development days. • Training for all teachers who would implement EDM in 2012-13 school year was done in May.

  7. Every Day Math: Teacher Resources • Summer work by CRT team: • Assessments for grades 1-5 • Assessments will be consistent for beginning, mid-point, and end of unit. • Assessment guides for all teachers to guide grading. • Plan for continued, job-embedded professional development for this school year: • October 3 and October 10 • Four full days to align curriculum with Common Core

  8. Every Day Math: Parent Resources • Common letter to go home to parents at beginning of the year. • Beginning of Unit resources for parents will be sent home consistently by all teachers. • Parent nightsfor EDM for parents: • November 5: Online Resources for Homework Help. • February: Understanding Secure Skills and Programs for Practice • April: Summer Resources for EDM • August : Getting Ready for the New Year- Game Night for EDM ** February, April, and August dates to be determined as EDM confirms availability.

  9. Title I Program • Interventions for K-2 Reading and Math • Streamlining what we do… • Based on data • Effective intervention programs • Ongoing child study to monitor needs and interventions • Addition of math to Title I grant- • Ipad pilot for intervention and practice • Mind Research for mathematics • Looking K-12 for Read 180 and System 44

  10. Digital Literacy • Skills for 21st Century Learners • Developing a framework • Key skills for K-5 • Highlights for Program • Developing the curriculum this year • Next Steps…

  11. Curriculum Needs October 22 Proposals - Preview: • Health materials to support curriculum topics • Mind research to support Title I- Ipad initiative • Digital Literacy online resources to support instruction • System 44 for the middle school to continue work on elementary interventions- K-12 Intervention Strand

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